SEPT. 7, 2011, THE EVENT BROUGHT TOGETHER MORE THAN 220 ATTENDEES WHO HEARD MOVING TALKS BY DAVE CORTESE, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, IMAM ALADDIN EL BAKRI FROM THE WEST VALLEY MUSLIM ASSOCIATION IN SARATOGA, FATHER JON PEDIGO FROM THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SAN JOSE, RABBI DANA MAGAT FROM TEMPLE EMANUE-EL, AND SHIFU JIAN HU FROM THE CHUNG TAI ZEN CENTER DISCUSSING THE NEED FOR UNITY AND ENGAGEMENT IN ORDER TO BUILD PEACE AND TOLERANCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THE ING EVENT WAS COSPONSORED BY THE ADDISON-PENZAK JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SAN JOSE, JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS – SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, AND THE SILICON VALLEY INTERRELIGIOUS COUNCIL.

Shifu Jian Hu - ING 9/11 Commemoration

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Master Jian Hu's life encompasses both Eastern and Western cultures. He came to the United States as a teenager and went on to graduate from California Institute of Technology and University of California, San Diego with a doctorate in Computer Science. In pursuit of a more meaningful existence, he renounced all worldly attachments to study under the auspices of the Great Master Wei Chueh at the Chung Tai Monastery in Taiwan. There, for many years, he immersed himself deeply in the study and practice of Buddhism and made great advances on the Dharma path of wisdom and compassion. He speaks fluently both in English and in Chinese, giving both elementary and advanced lessons in the meditative practice taught by the Buddha himself.